NCAABB

1:51 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Pete Thamel Western Kentucky is expected to hire Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Steve Lutz as its next head coach, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Lutz is coming off back-to-back men’s NCAA tournament appearances

11:18 AM ET Kansas coach Bill Self will not coach in Saturday’s second-round NCAA tournament game against Arkansas, the school announced. Self continues to recover from a procedure last week after complaining of chest tightness and balance concerns. He underwent a heart catheterization, had two stents placed for the treatment of blocked arteries and was

12:00 PM ET After a first round that saw a record number of last-second game-winners and a historic upset by a 16-seed (Fairleigh Dickinson), how does the Saturday’s second-round action follow it up? There are injury and availability concerns surrounding each of the top teams: Stars Marcus Sasser (Houston) and Brandon Miller (Alabama) are nursing

Mar 18, 2023 DENVER — It’s been decades since Gonzaga was anything but a basketball powerhouse. And the Bulldogs certainly flexed their collective muscles Friday night in Ball Arena with a get-loose, we’re ready 82-70 win over Grand Canyon University in a West regional first-round game. The Bulldogs rolled into this year’s tournament as a

1:16 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Fairleigh Dickinson will live now in NCAA tournament perpetuity, intertwined in highlight reels and slow-motion montages that provide eternal March backdrops. The Knights harassed and hounded No. 1 Purdue to become just the second men’s No. 16 seed since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 to pull

1:30 AM ET Well, our annual tradition of reseeding the field continues. This effort is both beloved and resented by fan bases around the country. But we’ll continue to do our best either way. There are, per the norm, few major changes for most teams at this point. But some movement is necessary. Thanks, Princeton,

10:54 PM ET Fairleigh Dickinson pulled off the biggest NCAA tournament upset point spread-wise in 38 years, stunning No. 1 seed Purdue as a 23.5-point underdog on Friday to become the second 16-seed to win a game in the round of 64 at Columbus, Ohio. FDU, which was 25-1 to beat Purdue straight-up at some

9:55 PM ET It took 33 years for a 16-seed to knock off a 1-seed: when UMBC beat Virginia in the 2018 NCAA tournament. It only took five years for a second 16-seed to do it, with Fairleigh Dickinson stunning the country by beating Purdue in the first round on Friday night, 63-58. While UMBC

8:45 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Michael DiRocco Close Michael DiRocco ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner March Madness is defined by

Fairleigh Dickinson stuns No. 1 seed Purdue in March Madness — Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night.

9:05 PM ET Mike Rothstein ALBANY, N.Y. — After his final game of his third season at Iona, Rick Pitino didn’t know whether he’d be back for a fourth – or if he’d be coaching somewhere else. The 70-year-old Pitino, who reached the NCAA Tournament with Iona for the second time after a long, storied

9:17 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sean Moore raised his hands in the air as the chants of “F-D-U” came raining down from everywhere. The Columbus native then raced to his teammates before high-fiving anyone he could find. On Friday night, Moore and Fairleigh Dickinson pulled off one of the biggest stunners in college basketball

7:18 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — A wonky rim delayed warm-ups for Iowa State on Friday, but that was just the start of the Cyclones’ shooting troubles. Game officials spent several minutes attending to the rim on one basket before Friday’s NCAA tournament game against Pitt after Iowa State voiced concerns about the set-up during

4:51 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Less than 24 hours after Alabama forward Brandon Miller was held scoreless in the first round of the NCAA tournament while dealing with a groin injury, coach Nate Oats cast some doubt on his star player’s availability against Maryland on Saturday. Oats said Miller would not participate in the

5:43 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Houston Cougars standout Marcus Sasser, who was knocked out of Thursday’s win over Northern Kentucky after aggravating a groin injury, said he expects to play Saturday against Auburn in the second round of the NCAA tournament. “I’m 100 percent playing tomorrow,” the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year

4:07 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa – Kansas went through practice on Friday with coach Bill Self but without clarity whether Self would work for the Jayhawks in their second-round NCAA Tournament game against Arkansas on Saturday. “It’s a day-to-day situation with him . . . We will see what happens,” said Norm Roberts, who

12:00 PM ET East Tennessee State is finalizing a deal to make Wake Forest assistant Brooks Savage its next head coach, sources told ESPN. Savage has been with the Demon Deacons since 2020, making the move to Winston-Salem with head coach Steve Forbes after spending five seasons under Forbes at ETSU. During their time at

7:00 AM ET Expanding sports betting legalization has furthered gambling conversations but the NCAA tournament bracket has remained a staple for decades. Even before the landmark 2018 Supreme Court ruling, the Big Dance annually generated action and excitement. Much like Super Bowl props, the bracket enables even casual fans to discuss a form of gambling.